American freelance journalist, Patrick Lancaster, visited some of the places which was shelled Saturday-Sunday night by Ukrainian troops in Donetsk People's Republic. Pictures are taken from Trudovskyi, Staromikhailovka and Spartak, where several houses was completely destroyed by Ukrainian heavy artillery strikes.

"The situation has abruptly aggravated in the Donetsk People’s Republic", said Vice-Commander of the DPR People's Militia Eduard Basurin on Sunday .

"The Ukrainian gunmen increased the number of the violations of the ceasefire regime by over two times over the past 24 hours and this number amounted to 2,903 times. Besides, the enemy launched 204 artillery-shells of 122mm and 152mm caliber, 465 mortar-shells of 120mm and 82mm caliber, 60 tank-shots and also 1065 ammunitions with different types of grenade launchers on the Republic’s territory," Basurin said.

"The morning shelling by the Ukrainian army partially destroyed the building of a village school, hit of a shell destroyed a bearing wall of the gym, numerous fragmental damages were recorded," said the official.